variação

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wh₂-s-?

Proto-Indo-European *-yos

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

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Proto-Italic *-jōsinflu.

Proto-Italic *-jos

Proto-Italic *wasios?

Latin varius

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin variō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin variātiōnemlbor.

Portuguese variação

Learned borrowing from Latin variātiōnem. By surface analysis, variar + -ção.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɾi.aˈsɐ̃w̃/ [va.ɾi.aˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], (faster) /va.ɾjaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [va.ɾjaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ɾjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ɾjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ɾjɐˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: va‧ri‧a‧ção

Noun

variação f (plural variações)

1. variation, fluctuation
2. variance, range

Further reading

• “variação”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “variação”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026